The Daily Grind: Your favorite character
One of the things we love best about MMOs in general is the ability to take one character we made up through the story lines. No, it's not unique to the genre at all; that element of storytelling is important in any good game. But the idea that the character is all about you, as opposed to you being Mario, Cloud, Spider-Man, or anyone else, and that you can evolve it through playing with friends that really makes these games engaging for us. Above and on the left, you'll see the character that is perhaps my favorite, despite not having nearly as much time logged on her as say, my EQ Druid had. She's a lovely Rogue; and marks the first time I've ever taken a melee-primary class to endgame in any game. (My third endgame character in WoW.) I was surprised at just how heavily I fell in love with her, and how much Rogues as a class have gone on to interest me ever since in other games. I've spent oodles of gold, time and love on her, and really can say that she probably has made me keep the account open quite a bit longer than I might have otherwise. With her great big swords and her sneaky ways, she's a heck of a lot of fun to play as the lethal assassin I envisioned her as. And after spending years playing caster classes, it's a whole new world to be up front and the thick of the combat!
For this morning's question, we'd like to hear about your #1 favorite character, and what game they're from. Do you have one character, despite spending time in many other games or virtual worlds, that you just lavish time and attention on? What is it about that character that makes it so special for you? Do you, like many in CoX, have a great back story you dreamed up for your character? Is he/she built for PvP and deadly? Or are you a business mastermind, scanning Jita for deals and carefully setting the market up? Or are you one of the people plagued with alt-itus, and can't pick a clear favorite? We'd love to know!
